Red Canyon Terrace Projectpart of Cutting Edge:Geoscience in the Field:Activities This project is designed to give students: (1) experience in mapping the details of surficial geologic deposits (Qal), (2) an understanding the geomorphic relations among surficial deposits and ...

Field Exercise in Stratigraphy/Paleoecologypart of Cutting Edge:Geoscience in the Field:Activities This field activity for GEOL 320 "Paleobiology" is designed to turn what could have been a "look-and-see" fossil collecting trip into one where genuinely interesting hypotheses/questions are ...

Mapping of LSU Field Camppart of Cutting Edge:Geoscience in the Field:Activities This is a one week mapping exercise of the exposed bedrock geology of the 1400 acre Charles Barney Geology Field Camp owned by the Department of Geology & Geophysics at Louisiana State University. It is ...

Interpreting the Geologic History of Canyon de Chellypart of Integrate:Workshops:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities The is a two part lesson designed to given in-service teacher an experience in field geology. The lesson is designed by Canyon de Chelly, AZ but can be used anywhere there are outcrops of two or more rock types.

Lake Louise Field Projectpart of Cutting Edge:Structural Geology:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities During a fall field trip in second year, students measure bedding, cleavage, fold axes and bedding-cleavage intersection lineations. These measurements are used throughout the fall term to introduce the stereonet, ...

Monument Creek hydraulics projectpart of Cutting Edge:Geomorphology:Activities This is a several-part field and computer-based project that involves students in measurement of stream-channel geometry, basic stream-hydraulics calculations, and flood-frequency analysis. Its primary strengths ...

Field Trip Comicspart of Cutting Edge:Structural Geology:Activities Structural geology field trips integrate learning, collaboration, and exploration. Creating a comic (or graphic novel) from a field trip promotes students' rendering their own popular culture view of the ...

Florida River Project: Semester-long group projectpart of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities This is a semester-long group research project that uses a local river to integrate several lab and field activities. The project covers topographic maps, rock and mineral identification, measuring data in the ...

Taphonomy Experimentpart of Cutting Edge:Paleontology:Activities This is a semester-long project the students design and run themselves. They come up with an original question relating to taphonomic processes and design an experiment to test their hypotheses. At the end of the ...

Biostratigraphy of the Crystal Peak Dolomite, Ibex, UTpart of Cutting Edge:Paleontology:Activities Students participated in measuring a section and collecting samples for real research. It is part of a flexible field course Prior student experience varies widely in this course.

Understanding wetlandspart of Cutting Edge:Urban Geology:Activities Students collect soil samples from in and around wetlands, make visual observation, divide soil cores into sections (depending on the soil type), dry, sieve, and analyze samples. Have students identify ...

Geomorphology Field Research Projectpart of Cutting Edge:Geomorphology:Activities This research project allows students to integrate and apply their geomorphic knowledge in a comprehensive study of a local landscape. Working in teams, they investigate uplifted alluvial deposits along the ...

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